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CHATOYANCY

10 letters

Definition of CHATOYANCY

noun

The state or condition of being chatoyant.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From chatoyant + -cy.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound-cy

Same root, CHATOYANT · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CHATOYANCY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 158
Its one board, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
111
First board
47
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.

First found by a player on Day 111, 8 September 2026.

Built from these letters

CHATOYANCY
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CHATOYANCY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACCHNOTYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, A and Y appear more than once.

Words that start CHATOY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CHATOYANTCHATOYANCECHATOYANTSCHATOYANCESCHATOYANCIES

Could you have found CHATOYANCY?

OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 111 - and most players walked straight past it.

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